Improved Outcomes in Wound Management

Course Description:
An informative, empowering one-day seminar for clinicians interested in helping patients heal a wound. The science behind the care will be highlighted, as well as treatment modalities for use in your practice.

Highlighting

• Understanding the wound environment
• Understanding common wound types; their presentations and care
• Assessment techniques for the wounded person
• Identifying optimal treatments and realistic goals
• Evaluation of current wound care treatments and technologies
• The Team approach to wound management
• Documentation skills to maximize reimbursement
• CPT codes & insurance guidelines to maximize reimbursement

Purpose and Concept:

This dynamic one-day seminar is essential to anyone who is involved in wound management in varied settings and wishes to get positive results. The content covers basic information and beyond to interest the novice-to-skilled wound care clinician. Attendees will interact with the instructor and take an advanced look at the wound care population and the latest interventions to develop a comprehensive and effective wound management team.

Who Should Be Interested:

All health care professionals involved in the care of patients who have or are at risk for chronic wounds. These may include but are not limited to:

• Nurse Managers
• Nurses in Acute, Sub-Acute, Long-term, Hospice, and Home Care settings
• Physical Therapists
• Occupational Therapists
• Clinical Nutritionists & Dietitians
• Social Workers
• Case Managers
• Educators

Behavioral Objectives:
At the conclusion of this workshop, the successful participant will be able to:

• List the phases of wound healing.
• Explain how to perform an efficient and thorough wound evaluation.
• List the different diagnoses in wound healing.
• Identify functional and realistic goals for wound healing.
• Identify important team players in wound management.
• Identify complications in the patient with diabetes.
• Explain documentation skills that maximize reimbursement.
• Discuss the foundations of a successful wound center.

Workshop Curriculum:

1. Understanding the wound environment

• Review basic anatomy and physiology for wound healing.
• Discuss risk factors impeding normal wound healing.

2. Understanding common wound types, their presentations and care

• Be able to correctly recognize and distinguish between diabetic ulcers, venous and arterial insufficiency, pressure ulcers and other common wound diagnoses.

3. Assessment techniques for the wounded person

• Learn proper testing, technique and medical terminology to assess and document.
• Learn appropriate tests and measures to rule out other diagnoses.

4. Identifying optimal treatments and realistic goals

• Be able to develop appropriate plan of care for each diagnoses and realistic, measurable goals for wound healing and disability.

5. Evaluation of current wound care treatments and technologies

• Discuss modalities, treatments and dressings in wound care.

6. The Team approach to wound management

• Discuss nutritional concerns.
• Review offloading options.
• Identify other important disease process management.

7. Documentation skills to maximize reimbursement

• Learn how to document patient problems and set goals to meet insurance requirements.

8. CPT codes and insurance guidelines to maximize reimbursement

• Review current CPT codes used in wound care settings.
• Discuss medical review policies to understand insurance requirements for reimbursement.

Presenters:

Spend an exciting day with Hollie Smith, BS, PT, CWS a national health professions educator, consultant and lecturer. Ms. Smith has over 11 years experience in wound care. She is currently Program Director of the Wound Management Center that she opened in 2000 and has experience in all settings including acute, inpatient and outpatient, home health and skilled nursing. She also does consultation work in all settings.

Ms. Smith has been a guest lecturer for various universities on wound care as well as providing continuing education programs for West Tennessee Healthcare. She graduated from the University of Tennessee, Memphis with a Bachelor of Science in Physical Therapy. She is a Certified Wound Specialist and is an active member of the American Academy of Wound Management, American Physical Therapy Association and Tennessee Physical Therapy Association.